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From July 1-4, the members of the Kagalagadi Human Origin Project will meet in Kiel for an international workshop and transfer of knowledge. The event begins on July 1with a talk by Dr. Michaela Ecker on the topic of perspectives on human evolution in the southern Kalahari Desert. The talk will take place at 5.00Continue reading “KHO Workshop”

Find us at the Kiel Conference from 24-29. March 2025 with a poster presentation and a talk. Rowena Winterhalder, Inèz Faul and colleagues present their poster: “Lithics and landscapes: Archaeological material and geomorphological forms at Maralaleng Pan, southern Kalahari basin”. This contribution aims to identify where artefacts are located in relation to different geomorphological features inside the pans and whether thisContinue reading “Talk at the Kiel Conference 2025”

All are welcome to a public talk hosted jointly by the Archaeological Society Trans-!Garib Branch and the McGregor Museum. Dr. Michaela Ecker will give a talk about new insight into past environmental change from archaeological sites in the Northern Cape. The talk will take place on March 4, at 18:00 o’clock at the Duggan-Cronin-Gallery in Kimberley, South Africa.

We invite submissions of abstracts to our SAfA conference session 2025 Challenges and opportunities of surface sites: The Kalahari basin and adjoining arid regions. Deadline 31/01/2025 All information here.

Congratulations to our Bachelor student Esther Renken from CAU Kiel for submitting her thesis titled “Research History of Pniel, South Africa”.